1. Convert media to format compatible with editing; .mov
2. Make sure media resides on Workspace before editing or importing it.
3. Everything is Keyframe-able, either in motion tab, effects tab, or in the case of audio levels or transparency, in the timeline.
4. "J" "K" "L"- move backwards and forwards through clips and timeline.
5. "N" turns snapping on and off.
6. "I" "O" to mark in and out points in viewer before dragging to timeline.
Tutorials
Key Final Cut Concepts:
1. Convert media to format compatible with editing; .mov
2. Make sure media resides on Workspace before editing or importing it.
3. Everything is Keyframe-able, either in motion tab, effects tab, or in the case of audio levels or transparency, in the timeline.
4. "J" "K" "L"- move backwards and forwards through clips and timeline.
5. "N" turns snapping on and off.
6. "I" "O" to mark in and out points in viewer before dragging to timeline.
Photoshop Resources
How to make an auto playing, looping DVD
2nd half has a good explanation of the pen tool
Create text on a path
Smart object text layers
Big list of very specific tutorials
(A lot of them may be cheesy, but there are lots of useful techniques)
Image size and resolution
Description of Photoshop blend modes
Photoshop- Image to line art-
http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutorials/tut011.htm
These tutorials are by me and the information might be specific to our computers in the multimedia lab.
Final cut pro and file management.
Differences between different video resolutions.
Interface similarities between time-based software
final cut pro resources
Article has some good tips plus a video on file management-http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/ten_things_every_final_cut_pro_user_should_know
more in depth discussion of settings-
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/settings_fcp_5_balis.html
understanding aspect ratio-
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/understanding_16_9.html
Full set of tutorials from UC Berkley-
http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/finalcut/
Tutorials from right here at AU-
http://www.american.edu/provost/ctrl/trainingguides.cfm
Logging and Capturing Video-any one of these pages will give you good info on getting video on to the computer from your camera.
http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/finalcut/capturing/
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/log_capture_workflow.html
http://stc.iupui.edu/Print_Final_Cut_Pro.htm
Keyframing, mattes and masks, and Transitions-
http://www.lafcpug.org/tutorials/basic_keyframing.html
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/basic_transitions.html
http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/finalcut/transitions/
http://www.lafcpug.org/tutorials/basic_mattes_masks.html
compression for dvd, youtube and vimeo
Exporting full quality-http://jpicune.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/final-cut-pro-tip-016/
Exporting for Vimeo-
http://www.vimeo.com/help/compression
Exporting for youtube, in depth-
http://www.lafcpug.org/Tutorials/basic_you_tube.html
Final Cut Tutorial - Exporting for Vimeo from Stian Skjerping on Vimeo.
Garageband resources
Getting started, simple tutorial- http://homerecording.about.com/od/garagebandtutorials/ss/getting_started.htm
Official Apple video tutorials- http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#garageband
Explanation of audio filters- http://www.macjams.com/article.php?story=20040329063101758
Basics of mixing- http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2005/11/a_beginners_guide_to_mixing_in.html
flash actionscript resources
Check these tutorials out from http://flashexplained.com/, they might be useful in creating effects for your work.
http://flashexplained.com/actionscript/moving-and-rotating-a-movie-clip-with-button-symbols-via-actionscript/
http://flashexplained.com/actionscript/creating-dynamic-dialogue-balloons-in-flash/
http://flashexplained.com/animation/how-to-make-a-planet-animation-in-flash-with-a-circular-motion-guide/
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/random_motionMX.htm